00:00:11,370	Welcome. Today is February 3, 2026. It is 5:30 and we are in the Bosch Fehlich meeting room at Mandan City Hall. Mister Neubauer, could you please take the roll? Comm Braun, yes, Roarr here, Schoberg here, Haschan here, Mayor Frelich here and at this time we will have Micahubub beers from Mandan Decca.

00:00:34,370	Lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Please stand I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

00:01:06,370	Thank you, Micah At this time we’ll move on to announcements, and we’re going to start off and get everybody uh excited about Mandan. We have a, uh, visit man down. 2026 video. Here it’s more than a place to go. It’s a place to belong. It’s family side by side, kids wide-eyed, and grandparents smiling. because they remember this feeling It’s Main Street alive with sound. music in the air, engines rumbling and neighbors cheering like family.

00:01:34,730	It’s tradition in the dirt pride in the stands, and moments passed down. year after year It’s autumn night s where legends come alive. winter lights bring everyone together It’s warm hands by the fire. cold air. parts memories made in the middle of it all when the sky explodes with light.

00:02:01,330	It’s not just fireworks it’s community’s home It’s legendary It’s man Dan Visit Man Da Dan, where the West begins. Oh who’s got goosebumps? I got goosebumps. That was uh Man and uh Progress Organization produced that? So thank you, Matt I, at this time we will have Brianna Santiago de Villa. Uh, she will present uh, the proclamation for Career and technical Education Month.

00:02:43,000	Thank you so much, Mayor and Commissioners. Today I bring you this proclamation for your approval to declare February 2026, Career and technical Education Month. whereas 775.49% of high school students across North Dakota are currently enrolled in Career and technical education CTE, getting the essential academic, technical, and employability skills required for the modern career readiness

00:03:09,170	and whereas students who concentrate, concentrate in CTE programs, engage in authentic, meaningful learning experiences that significantly enhance the quality of their education, as evidenced by 95% a graduation rate compared to the statewide average of 88% and where as North Dakota provides comprehensive career exploration through Are You Ready.n.

00:03:36,000	gov online system utilized by 95% of schools to empower their students to make informed, beneficial decisions regarding their academic pathways and whereas leaders in North Dakota business and industry sectors continue to identify a critical skills gap emphasizing the urgent need to connect, qualified professionals with high demand careers in fields such as healthcare, energy, advanced manufacturing val value added agriculture and

00:03:58,370	information technology and whereas career and technical education bridges this gap by offering integrated programs of fulfilling and sustainable careers and whereas the expanded access and innovative delivery of CTE programming, including distance learning initiatives ensures that students in every corner of our state have the opportunity to pursue the Pacific educational interests and professional goals. Thank you.

00:04:23,470	Thank you. E so Da. we’re gonna move up here, but I would like each one of you in attendance to approach the mike. Say your name, and the club organization that you’re with and then file up here. and we’ll go in front of the port cable.

00:04:48,100	So we’ll start with Micah My name is Mikea Suberers, and I am the vice president of the Mandandea chapter. I’m Olivia Frelich and I’m with Hosa Mandan. I’m Jocelyn Storms. I’m president of Mandan Josa. I’m Anna Borgmann and I’m the secretary for the Mandan FFA chapter. I’m Taylor Wilhelm, and I am the student advisor for the Mandan FFA chapter.

00:05:23,730	I’m Sheridan Ellington, the president of the Man and FFA chapter. OK, we will move on to, uh, item number 3 under announcement, zoning code rewrite update Mr. Neubauer. Mayor Frelich and Comm, just a reminder that on February 12th, uh, from 11:30, um, starting at 11:30 a.m.

00:06:53,100	, a zoning code rewrite update will be taking place at the Morton Manon Public Library and to go over changes and discuss questions, the planning and zoning committee may have on the subject. So again, just a announcement that if you’re interested, the public is invited to attend this. Again, many of our planning and zoning members will be in attendance.

00:07:11,170	So February 12th, 11:30 a.m. Morton Man in Public Library. Mm OK, thank you, Mr. Neubauer At this time we will have jerk. Give us an update on our projects in town. Mayor Commissioners, good evening.

00:07:38,530	Um, there are 3 projects that we wanted to touch on during, um, or up upfront in the beginning of this commission meeting, and those are the lead service line project that we have going on, man and proper Phase one, and then Memorial Highway.

00:07:58,600	Um, the lead service lines, uh, the status of the project, we recently sent, uh, just over 3600 letters, um, to, uh, households that have uh service lines that are unknown on the private side. Um, this, uh, this letter also had links to an online survey, and I will click that here to show people what that looks like. Um, where there are step by step instructions on how to identify your line and uh get information to the city, so, um, appreciate it if everybody could, could do that.

00:08:24,800	Um, we also have a town hall being held here on Thursday, February 5th at 5:30 p.m. Um, that’ll be in the commission room. And um we also have a lot of project information up on the website that’s available for those who want to learn more about um what to expect in right now and what to expect

00:08:44,630	maybe over the next 10 years associated with lead service line replacement. Any questions on this Mayor Jare is, uh, when it comes to, uh, copper piping and lead soldering is a lead soldering any kind of a problem? Mayor Comm Rohrhrr, I believe that that is designated slightly differently. I know that they want that identified.

00:09:07,430	I don’t know if that is on as strict of any replacement schedule. OK, thank you. Uh, moving on demand and proper phase one.

00:09:28,270	We did have a combined phases 1 through 4 open house a few weeks back at First Lutheran Church, um, we are going to have a follow-up meeting that is specifically for phase one, during this, uh, during this meeting, we’ll have a lot more, um, we’ll have a presentation followed out by breakout sessions to have one on one conversations with folks in this area, um, similar to other projects, uh, input meetings that we’ve had

00:09:45,800	Um, this will be held on February 24th from 6 to 8 p.m. at First Lutheran Church and I have the address there, but it’s at the kind of the northeast corner of Mandan Proper Phase One. Any questions on this one And then Memorial Highway, I do have a little bit of an update.

00:10:06,270	um more, uh, just kind of, uh, let everybody know what to expect over the next few years, um, everybody should be aware that technically, the memorial Highway project is to projects, 2 phases, um, they were two separate bid packages, phase 1 and phase 2 are shown on the screen here.

00:10:27,470	Phase one was awarded at the end of 2024. And that’s the project that went to Reeddy Construction and was being constructed, uh, were being worked on last year. Phase 2 was bid recently and that was awarded to Northern Improvement and will be, it is a separate, separately uh managed project.

00:10:51,170	So, um just talk about that, uh, phase one will be constructed in last year in year 2025, and it will have construction again in 2026. Phase two will have construction in 2026, as well as 2027, and I do have a little bit of a breakdown here to try and make it easier for people to understand.

00:11:09,100	Right here I do have 2025, um, work highlighted in blue, 2026 work highlighted in red in 2027 work highlighted in green, um, notably, there isn’t a whole lot of main line paving work. Um, what people would traditionally consider to be the project in 2026 on the on the west half in phase two.

00:11:34,430	Most of the work will be around Main Street intersection and then there will be a lot of stormwater improvements off corridor um, and adjacent to 3rd. So and then just to reiterate timing on some of this, um, the phase 1, 2026 work should be wrapped up before July 9th.

00:11:58,370	and we do have a, an,, an, aggressive project schedule, um, that’s been submitted and vetted, and it looks good. And, um, we’ve been assured that there will be construction crews, um, and resources similar to the end of last construction season, so they’ll be hitting it hard.

00:12:19,170	Any questions on Memorial Highway Jarek, I’ve been getting some, some comments from folks that are wondering what the, uh, heavy equipment is working on tree removal and such just north of 3rd Street by the trolley bridge and we’ve basically been telling them that’s uh construction or tree removal preparing for the stormwater.

00:12:46,370	um stormwater path from the west or phase 2nd phase, is that correct? Mayor Comm Schoberg, that is correct. There’s in especially in these areas highlighted in red, um, there has been tree removal done ahead of time in order to um so that uh migratory bird patterns are unaffected, um, by the tree removal, so they want to do it ahead of a specific date in preparation of the project.

00:13:08,730	Thank you Mayor Jarek, um, on the, uh, east part of Memorial Highway. I know they went out, Department of Transportation here are some really serious bad pothole situations out there. There still are some. And looks like we’re gonna be going another winter season perhaps before that is actually torn up.

00:13:27,470	Mayor Comm Rohr, yes, that is correct. Um, there are the West half, where the potholes have been the worst in the green area shown on this map, um, they, they will that stretch of road will go untouched for another, uh, winter season and another cycle.

00:13:47,800	So, um, DOT they will, they will, they will take care of the potholes because I mean, you know, the, they were bad, you know, Mayor and Comm Rohr, yes, um, they will, they would be, uh, filling those similar to how they have been filling them lately, and then the project would be turned over to Ci after the conclusion of the work.

00:14:02,630	You know, as long as you monitor it and then, uh, make them aware of the need, so they, they do get that done because that’s is that actually detrimental to people that want to drive Memorial Highway and you don’t have to drive down and avoid things because it had an effect

00:14:16,170	on business too if that is not, you know, maintained, at least to the point to where it’s decent to travel down without knocking out your lima of your car. We’ll work to keep that at top of mind. Thank you. Thank you, Jarek At this time, are there any public comments? Anybody online, Mister Neubauer? Nope.

00:14:39,470	OK, we’ll move on to the approval of the agenda. I would look for a motion to approve. Oh, moved. 2. we have motion by Comm Brown, seconded by Comm Hainon. Any further discussion, hearing none, roll call, please. Commissioner’s roar. Schoberg, yes, Hein, Ron, Mayor Frelich, yes.

00:15:07,170	Consider approval of the January 20th, 2026, Board of City Commission meeting minutes. I’ll make the motion to accept the city commission meeting minutes as presented. motion by Comm Schoberg, seconded by Comm Brown. Any discussion, hearing none, roll call. Comm Schoberg, Hainscha, Braun, yes, Rohr, Mayor Frelich, yes. we have no public hearings nor bids tonight, so we will move on to the consent agenda.

00:15:38,730	Are there any items you would like removed? If not, I would take a motion to approve as presented. I move to approve items 1 through 8 as listed. in the agenda Second we have a motion by Comm Rohr, seconded by Comm Schoberg. No further discussion. Roll call please.

00:16:09,700	Comm Heinsonn, Braun, yes, Roarr, yes, Schoberg, yes, Mayor Frelich, yes, there is no old business. We’ll move on to new business, Mayor. Yes, sir. If I could, um, interrupt you for a second on there the public comment period.

00:16:32,100	Just want to make sure we did have one comment submitted later this afternoon from a Donovan Kruger regarding um improvement area 2B. So we just want to make sure we acknowledge that public comment was received. OK, thank you. With that, we’ll move on to new business. Consider res resolution necessary to create street improvement District 242. Jarek. Mayor and Commissioners, um, street Improvement District 242 is the, uh, what we have been calling the area 2B project.

00:16:58,870	I will if I can get down to it. Paul up a map for everybody’s information. OK, I do have it pulled up on the screen. Um, Area 2B is a construction project that is primarily intended to replace cast iron water mains in the area, uh, generally east and south of Roosevelt Elementary

00:17:23,430	Um, this area is also in need of a lot of improvements related to um sanitary sewer lines, um, stormwater conveyance and road surface improvements and then along with that, ADA ramp improvements at the corners and where necessary.

00:17:49,530	um for your consideration tonight, we have resolutions that are associated with the district creation, um one of those resolutions being the um resolution of necessity, which would start the protest period. Um, our resolution of necessity, if if approved would be posted on February 6th, and that would initiate the protest, the 30 day protest period, and then we would be returning in early March to evaluate this sufficiency or insufficiency of protest.

00:18:15,170	Um, for this project, we did already have a public input meeting held at Roosevelt Elementary on January 21st. This is, um, along with Man Dam proper. This is the first kind of season that we’ve uh had communications with residents in the area, um, related to the project. prior to district creation.

00:18:35,500	This would normally be step one, and now this has been step 2 or 3, which is nice. Um, and then we do have a follow-up public input meeting, um, on February 18th. at Roosevelt Elementary at 6 p.m.

00:18:56,270	and then depending on the Commission’s decision tonight, we would send mailers out to everybody in the district with estimated special assessments as well as information on how to get involved with the project. Um, it’s our recommendation to approve the resolutions as presented, but I can try and answer any questions if you have any.

00:19:22,870	Any questions for Jarek J Jarek, you touched on the fact that we’ll be going into our 2nd public input meeting um, we’ve already had the first and this is a, uh, definitive, realistic and practical approach to opening the books, if you will, and being completely transparent earlier Earlier means specifically after the engineering firm has been selected.

00:19:51,430	and allowing the citizens in those street improvement districts to be actively involved in the planning of the projects in their own neighborhood? Would that be fair to summarize things that we’re doing to increase that transparency. Mayor Comm Schoberg, absolutely, I would say that’s accurate. Thank you.

00:20:09,330	Jre Comedy Bres have we had in that neighborhood? Um, Mayor, I believe, um, our count was 35 and, um, I don’t know exactly how far back that goes. I know that there were 45 and accelerating, accelerating.

00:20:35,530	There were 4 or 5, just a few weeks back Yeah OK So it, this is it’s just gonna get worse, right I mean, we had last year what, 8 9 Mayor Comm, I don’t know the exact number, but yes, it was, it felt like, um it definitely felt like a new hotspot, um, after having addressed Sweetbriar and Monte Drive, this felt like, and the costs associated with each break. Tens of thousands of dollars per break.

00:20:58,470	So, yes, and for us to even find a uh I said a decent stick to tie into was. a million dollars Mayor Comm, it would be a huge project to, yeah, uh, it would be a project that is above or above and beyond public works, emergency response capability to to replace large sections of pipe in response to these brakes, right? But even, even to find

00:21:24,170	a piece of pipe worthy to tie into. There’s nothing around. Yeah, Mayor Comm or Mayorcom Comm, I, it’s, I think that they have a lot of struggles with, with that. Right OK. Well, the meeting should be interesting on the 18th. Kate, Commissioners, wishes? I’ll move to approve the resolutions necessary to create street Improvement District 242 is presented.

00:21:50,870	Second we have a motion by Comm Schoberg, a seconded by Comm Heinscha. Any further discussion Hearing none, roll call, please. Commissioner’s Braun. Yes, Rohr, yes, Schoberg, yes, Heincha, yes, Mayor Frelich, yes. Item number 2 under new business, consider the peer review of the wastewater treatment plant, master plan, Update. and authorize the solicitation of qualifications for professional services.

00:22:20,730	supporting the anticipated project. Eric, Mayor and Commissioners, um, on October 7th, 2025, uh, the city commission approved a professional service contract with HDR, um, in order to perform a peer review of the master plan update that was presented and approved last year.

00:22:50,600	Um, since then, we’ve been working closely with HDR to um re-establish baseline information, um uh, try to, try to identify what’s important to us and um HDR has uh finished their report and um is ready to present their findings and recommendations to the, to the board, um, from HDR we have Dellon and Ben, who are um kind of the subject matter experts and we’ll be providing a short

00:23:10,370	presentation. Answer any questions, and then I do have some suggested motions, um, that I can go over later. All right Thank you, Mayor Commissioners, we thank you very much for your involvement in this process and recommending this process.

00:23:36,070	It’s a very valuable, um, method to go through and, and make sure you’re making the right decisions for um the next 20 to 50 years, so. um, the group on our peer review team was, uh, certainly myself, uh, Ben Heckro, Eric Evans is our PhD, um, that does our process modeling. Chart Hillis is our project manager in town here and, and Dennis Reep is here with us tonight as well.

00:23:54,700	Um, the periods of review scope involved evaluating and reviewing, uh, the treatment alternatives. It reviewed the engineer’s opinion of probable cost based on projects that have been done recently, um, it performed what we call a non-monetary evaluation, which is really reviewing the things that matter to us, um, to, uh, Superintendent Ryan at the

00:24:18,170	wastewater plant and the public works staff. and then, uh, um, we’ll summarize the peer review recommendations. So we evaluated, uh, um, the alternatives and we’ll go through those in detail, the, the alternatives that arose to the top with just kind of start with this and end with this, um, is the aerated granular slodge alternative, and the extended

00:24:42,870	aeration alternative, both um um alternatives that will meet and beat the permit requirements for your affluent permit to discharge the Missouri River. Um, the era granular sludge alternative, um, we did a non-monetary evaluation while walk through that briefly, uh, scored the best as far as meeting all the um things that

00:25:07,870	staff thought were the most important and extended air was a close second. Um, in terms of project cost in phase one to meet the current permit, um um, the phase one costs were really very close, um, right in the $125 million dollar range.

00:25:26,600	Um, the, what we’ll see is that the phase 2 project costs to meet future treatment um, requirements that we see coming down the pike but are a ways off. Um, are, are certainly less for the ad granular sludge and we’ll walk through that as well.

00:25:47,370	So this is a lot of information on this slide, but this is all the liquid treatment, uh, the, the wastewater that comes into the plant, um, treatment alternatives on the top left, um, these were all the ones in, in, in, in black, where in the master plan and the green was the aerrated granular sludge alternative that was reviewed as an additional alternative.

00:26:08,730	The, um, solids treatment alternatives were refined, but, um, maintained um per the the master plan and reviewed in in intact. We also reviewed Greenfield alternatives, which is a Greenfield wastewater treatment plant, which means it’d be a new site, um, um, outside the city, um, or pumping to the Bismarck wastewater treatment plant and um providing treatment there Um that, well, did we lose? connection?

00:26:43,370	See if I touch something here Is it, is it back up You can leave it, but it’s not presenting the presentation. I used up my allotted time Excuse me, uh, Mayor, I have a quick question. Sorry to interrupt. Yeah, when you talk about these treatment alternatives.

00:27:11,730	does it have to be one type of treatment or can they be a combination of more than one treatment. Usually these are defined as one separate treatment alternatives. So they’re, they’re similar in nature, to be honest, but they have different nuances to them, so yeah. and. I can keep going. Oh, look at that marvelous.

00:27:40,270	So, uh, yeah, so we looked at the, we confirmed the flow and loading projections and fortunately, the skate system that’s been recently updated at the treatment plant, gave us a, a, a better look at the flow than was able to be looked at in the master plan, so we saw some of the impact of the peak events,

00:27:57,170	and we were able to track those through the historian that the Skata kicked out that data for us, so I was able to able to refine the alternatives based on that. Uh, we reviewed the technologies and further define the alternatives.

00:28:17,600	Um, we use what’s called the Bioin software for process sizing to, um, refine the cost, um, for sizing specific demand and. Um, the phase one is we kind of um talked about earlier is treatment for the current permit. This is the permit that DQ and EPA has for the city to discharge to the Missouri River.

00:28:39,800	Um, this, this phase one treatment will address aging infrastructure, increase the capacity in the in the population that was projected for this was uh was the uh 2050 population of 37,500 people, and it, and it, and it’s also to meet the current reg regulations. Phase two is treatment for the future permit, um, so right now, um, you don’t have ammonia, total phosphorus, and total nitrogen in your permit.

00:29:02,700	These are things that are being looked at and addressed in other states, but it’s timing in uh North Dakota, uh, per DEQ is more than 10 years out.

00:29:22,470	It’s likely going to be more than 20 years out, um, but it’s hard to say, right? So, first, we kind of wanted to um talk about the solid treatment alternatives and primarily we focused on these because right now, um the main um challenge at the wastewater treatment plant for solids is there’s uh operational challenge in in removing the solids from the pond that they have now.

00:29:40,230	and there’s significant significant orders that are need to be addressed from the from the pond. So a lot of the, uh, the alternatives we’re looking at are to improve those two situations. So the cost for the liquid land application, landfill, and cake application, um, in terms of capital costs are really close.

00:30:03,070	So we, we, we compared those, um, totaled them, and, and said, um, you know, at the end of the day, um, we need to uh well, we need to look at what the non-monetary evaluation is, and we’ll go over that in a second.

00:30:21,170	So the liquid uh treatment alternatives, um, were compared, um, we, we, you know, there’s kind of a blank spot on the chart. That was the two ups update and, and, and improve the existing treatment system. What you have at the current treatment plant is um is outdated.

00:30:44,230	It’s a safety issue to maintain the equipment that you have now, and um, you know, based on our evaluation with the staff, um, we’ve eliminated that alternative, but, um, the L5 and L1, the first two to the left, are the two recommended alternatives, and they’re, um, the liquid process alternatives are just over 80 million. So this is what I’ve been talking about all along is like one of the most important parts of the evaluation was determining reliability and redundancy.

00:31:06,600	Oper operations and maintenance impacts, Odors, um, particularly for solids. efficiency and optim optimization and the sche and constructability and not last but not least, but the regulatory requirements that you have to meet. So this chart just shows, he, he, you know, the most important thing to us is, is orders.

00:31:25,970	Um, we want to make sure that whatever we do, um, we spend this money to improve the project. We addressed the aesthetics and orders of the project. Um, that’s been weighted the highest on this alternative. They all do the same thing and, and, and they treat the solids. Um, the second one is reliability and redundancy followed closely by regulatory.

00:31:45,630	Um, the others on there are are operations and maintenance, um, and that was weed at, at about the 15%, just slightly less than the regulatory.

00:32:04,800	So at the end of the day we had a scoring system that said, OK, um, how do we get all of these alternatives and we weighed these scores and said you know, how do we meet the requirements of staff, the city, uh, the surrounding community, um, and the, um, being able to dewater the slodge to what will look like dirt, um, and haul it to the landfill is the most, um, the best solution in both in terms of capital cost and um

00:32:26,170	meeting all the non-monetary alternatives that we talked about. So this kind of just shows that it’s, it’s, it’s circled, they, they, the alternatives for we looked at cake, we call it cake, but it’s basically land application of dirt on the land, which is a great alternative as well, but you have to store it

00:32:46,000	through the winter, and that causes odors at the plant and challenges. So if we were to do that, we’d have to store it off site. So we did a very similar operation.

00:33:05,630	I’m not gonna walk through each one of these, um, but we did call the one that was called Oder Control aesthetics because it’s really just the look of the system. They’re all going to have aerated system. It’s gonna um have minimal orders from the liquids process. Um. The primary objective of this one is reliability and redundancy and operation in man. I just want a plant that lasts a long time, treats your waste, and meets the regulatory requirements.

00:33:26,530	So as we looked at those, the, the um the, the highest non-economic score and um and and the lowest corresponding cost with that score is uh the L5 alternative, which is the one to the less, which is the aerobic granular sludge circled in green, and then um the second one is a very common

00:33:49,100	process as well, which is extended aeration and it rates really close to the um aerobic granular site. So there are two really good recommended processes which are agreed to by the team.

00:34:10,270	kind of just a, a picture of those two processes, the what we call conventional extended aeration process has a clarifier which has got the blue, um, shade in it, um, and, and in addition to um linear tankage that’s shown it to the left of it. The aerobic granular sludge is operates in one tank in this kind of a fill-ra system.

00:34:28,100	So I just thought I’d show you a picture when we grow granules in the sludge. It creates a, a granule that gives us a uh a lot of purposes, it solves a lot of problems. It says it nitrifies, it denitrifies, and it takes up phosphorus. So those are kind of the, it handles a lot of the future problems that you may see in your affluent permit.

00:34:47,600	So, in summary, the peer peer review recommended alternatives are certainly, um, extended air’s been a long time solution. That was the one shown on the left up there. um, um, but, um, for solving your future permit issues, um, the aerobic granular sludge is something, um, I believe that needs to be looked at really hard for this process.

00:35:09,530	Um, on the solid treatment alternative, it was agreed by all the master planning team, um, that the landfill alternative is going to solve, um the most non-monetary problems that that are currently happening on the site.

00:35:34,630	So that’s the summary, um, um, in summary for costs, um, this, this, the scoring of those two, we talked about, um, the Aerrated granular sludge is really close, um, to the extended air in scoring. The phase one project costs are really close, but for phase two, you pay, uh, a premium to upgrade the extended aeration process.

00:36:05,600	So with that field any questions, comments, concerns? Any questions We all understood that, right? Mary, I currently though, what we do with the uh sledge, we, they put it in trucks and take it out and do it, dump it in fields, right? That’s right. So right now you eliminate that and just go directly to the landfill. That’s right.

00:36:19,500	So what we do, um, at a lot of our plants and currently, um, Bismarck is dewatering it, um, into a cake, which looks like a big dirt pile, um, but the goal here would be to dewater it into the sludge into a dirt, basically, and haul it to the landfill, yeah. so that you don’t have to stir up the pond. Thank you.

00:36:40,800	Yep, it’s a little more sophisticated than dumping it in a field, isn’t it? Aren’t we injecting it? Oh yeah, certainly it’s uh it’s, it’s injected and land applied in accordance with EPA regulations. Thank you. Any other questions? So the aerated granular sludge, um, that would be as I understand it, which is hard for me to understand all your guys’ lingo. That would be contained in, in a structure.

00:37:06,470	Absolutely, it’d be a, you know, a, um uh, rectangular square concrete structures with, um, treatment in 3 to 4 basins, and these are being built elsewhere like Rapid City and yeah, actually we have one going in at uh Yankton.

00:37:28,000	We have it in, uh, we have about 5 projects under construction, Cedar Rapids, um, Omaha, Yankton, and, uh, um, the longest one in operations in Kansas. OK thank you Any other questions Thank you Commissioners, um, so I guess, um, associated with this item, what we are asking for tonight and we’re recommending tonight is, um, a motion to approve HGR’s peer review report and findings and then to authorize

00:38:00,000	the solicitation of professional services for the wastewater treatment plant project. Jarek, the whole concept of a peer review is to get a second set of eyeballs and brainpower on uh, projects that’s gonna be direly needed in the near future.

00:38:23,870	Mayor Comm Schoberg, absolutely, um, we wanted to reaffirm the need of the project, um, and we wanted to reaffirm the magnitude of the project. um uh, so that we could do our do our long-term financial planning with as much information as we possibly could, and we needed to essentially eliminate um some of the options that have been kind of bantered about, such as

00:38:46,730	pumping it under the river to Bismarck and relocating the plant southern toward the confluence of the heart and maybe moving it uphill to the west or to the north, and those options have all been eliminated, um. Mayor Comm Schoberg, yes, they, they would not be recommended.

00:39:12,370	They would either be too much capital cost, um, or unfeasible, infeasible to implement, um, in the way that we, that would satisfy what we’re trying to accomplish. Um yeah, and I, I would, I would also just say that just the peer review process itself, having conversations with different people was helpful for us to, um, reestablish positions that we had and, and, um, define what

00:39:32,270	we feel is important as city staff for, uh, about what this project should be. and our, our wastewater plant was intimately involved with both of those um explorations Um, Mayor Comm Schoberg, yes. Thank you.

00:39:58,900	Any other questions If not, I would entertain a motion, a move to prove HDR’s peer review report and authorize a solicitation of professional services for the wastewater treatment plant update project. Se. Give it to Ryan. Uh, motion by Comm Brown, seconded by Comm Hainonn. Any further discussion Hearing none? Roll call. Commissioners roar. Yes, Schoberg, yes, Heins, Bra, yes, Mayor Freelich, yes. With that, we’ll move on to item number 3.

00:40:25,600	Consider an offer on a city-owned lot, parcel number 65-610. 2 835 Mister Neubauer, Mayor Frelich, and Commissioners, um, this comes before you for a 2nd time, um, the first time we’re probably not quite a year ago, but in that neighborhood, the Middlighters are interested in purchasing the lot, as you

00:40:49,800	described above, which is also generally as 4205 show a loop, a piece of city-owned property that has been there for a while. The issue that we had last time we were before you is that the neighbors were not real pleased with the development that was proposed at that time.

00:41:10,530	They are asking and we’ve met several times with the Metlighters and also the property owners to the east to try and come up with a workable solution. Our last meeting, I believe, was last week.

00:41:27,700	Um, we have come to an agreement that in essence, the Middleers um next steps would be if the Comm approves, would purchase this entire piece of property from the city contingent on a few items. Um, the main one being that the property line on the east side of the city-owned lot would be moved 15 ft to the west.

00:41:46,170	This would allow those adjacent property owners to construct a shed or give them a little more room in their backyards to do, um, there is one shed already there, but there are some other property owners that are looking to build, um, sheds or have that as a kind of an extension of their backyard.

00:42:01,270	Mitt lighters have agreed to this, um, so again, upon it’s easier for us to sell the entire lot to the mid lighters. Mid lighters, again, there would be an agreement with the homeowners at that property line would come back 15 ft to the west, um, the adjacent property owners would in turn be responsible for replaiting, and they’ve agreed to do that

00:42:18,170	so that, um, now their lots would include that 15 ft, so we don’t end up with kind of little bits and pieces of property back there, um the other things that are, um, next steps would be that replat again, that cost would be borne by those adjacent property owners as part of um you’ll get

00:42:37,170	15 additional feet, but you have to pay for replatting and um in turn, this does not indicate in any way, shape or form that the there’s no approvals on any zone changes or building permits or site plan layouts or stormwater management plans that would need to be completed by the MiddLighter should we approve this, uh, permit.

00:42:57,170	So again, the offer is for $7500 we feel after going through all of the hoops and gyrations. It’s kind of a landlocked piece of property right now, um, that this offer would be fair. They’ve come to an agreement with the property owners, and we would recommend moving forward.

00:43:12,100	So that is a a nutshell of, of many, many months of discussions with realtor and also with midliners and the property owners, so a big thank you to all of them for um their patience. Mayor Jimus opened the door for them then to proceed.

00:43:30,000	to the end result of what project you’re seeking here then? Is that correct? Mayor Freelich and Comm Rohr, um, this is the next step towards that. It is no way a commitment.

00:43:50,600	on any zone change that would be needed or the development that they have proposed, that has to go through all kinds of um design features, stormwater management plan, um, there also has to be um fire access and things like that. So it’s the next step, um, because I think the Mitt lighters are wishing to have some assurance that should they meet all of those requirements and move through that process that um the commission would be OK in selling this property to them.

00:44:08,230	Um, they’ve spent considerable time and resources getting to this point, um, but they want to make sure that there’s a commitment to actually sell the property. at this price upon meeting those conditions.

00:44:32,330	OK, thank you Um, Jim, um, the, the arrangements that, that you and the neighbors to the east and the Middleitners came to agreement on last week. uh should the met Leitners purchase this property. that arrangement or the agreements last week. We’ll nullify and avoid any um different objections by the neighbors to the east.

00:45:02,700	I mean, is this agreement pretty much locked in? gentleman’s agreement or Mayor Fraiglo and Comm Schoberg, um, there was a lot of head nodding and yes, let’s move forward, let’s get this done. um, at the meeting last week, we do not have a separate MOU, but again, part of the purchase agreement would indicate contingent upon the existing property property line being moved 15 ft to the east or to the west, and also with the

00:45:23,500	agreement that the replatt would be at the expense of the property owner on the east side. So I am very confident that um they will follow through and do that, um, I think the bitlighters are confident.

00:45:44,370	that that will occur, and we’re we’re sure that it’s going to happen as good as it’s gonna get then, right? I think at this point in time there’s enough assurances and handshake deals that are, um, again, this is all contingent upon those things happening If something falls apart, then we’re kind of back to the drawing board. OK. Thank you. Any other questions Thank you.

00:46:04,630	I move to accept the offer from the Middliners for $7500 65-6102835 with the conditions contained within the purchase agreement. Second we have a motion by Comm Brown, a second by Comm Schoberg. Any further discussion? Hearing none. Roll call, please. Comm Schoberg, Hen, Ron, yes, Roar, yes, Mayor Frelich. yes and with that we will move on to resolution and ordinances.

00:46:38,800	and this item number 1 is the 2nd and final consideration of ordinance number 1481 related to on-call pay. Mister O’Keefe Good evening, Comm Mayor. They’re letting me fill in for HR tonight, which is a little scary, but it is. Uh, just here for the second and final consideration, Ordinance number 1481 relating to the on-call pay.

00:47:04,900	The intent is to formalize and clarify on-call compensation moving forward. Uh, we’ve had no comments, nothing we’ve received, so at this point, staff is requesting the Commission’s approval of the resolution, and I’m happy to answer any questions.

00:47:31,800	Any questions for Shane Thank you, Shane Entertainer motion I’ll move to approve Ordinance number 1481 along with the associated associated, excuse me, budget amendment as presented. Second, motion by Comm Haincha, seconded by Comm Rohr.

00:47:59,900	Any further discussion, hearing none, roll call, Comm Hansonn, Ron, yes, Roar, yes, Schoberg, yes, Mayor Freelich, yes Item number 2, 2nd and final consideration of Ordinance number 1483, the stormwater rewrite Derek, Mayor Commissioners, um, this is a large, um, effort related to updating um Star Warner design manual as well as Stormwater Ordinances that are 18 and 13 years old. Um, since the last presentation, there haven’t been any comments and we haven’t made any updates, um, to the ordinance. So, um, we are recommending approval, um, as presented.

00:48:26,000	Jarekov, I understand this correctly, after tonight’s reading, it’s, it’s going to be put into ordinance. Is that correct? Um, Mayor, Comm Schoberry, that’s my understanding. Thank you. Any further questions? If not, move to approve the second consideration of ordinance 1483 as presented. Second. motion by Comm Brown, seconded by Comm Schoberg.

00:48:52,700	Any further discussion, hearing none, roll call, Messrs. Braun, yes, Rohr, yes, Schoberg, yes, Escha, yes, Mayor Frelich, yes. there is no other business before the commission tonight. Future meeting dates for the Board of City Commission are as follows. Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 5 o’clock. Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026 at 5:30.

00:49:21,470	Tuesday, March 17th, Stint Patrick’s Day, and the start of work on the strip, hopefully. weather permitting I’m being optimistic and that meeting is at 5:30. and with that kind to your neighbor. be kind to yourself, and it’s onward and upward mand Dan.